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Missing maids sought
Pressure in mounting on Ministry of labor to ensure that Cambodian maids trapped in Malaysia are repatriated, as the president of the National Assembly lodged a second complaint yesterday urging the return of four workers
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A leaked report shows staggering illegal logging profits by Try Pheap’s company
In what may be the largest documented case of timber laundering in recent Cambodian history, one of the country’s most powerful tycoon, allegedly made more than $220 million in unreported profit by illegally logging rosewood over three-year period in Cardamom Mountains, official figures suggest.
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Oddar Meanchey police break up meating between NGO, evictees
Police in Oddar Meanchey province on Wednesday broke up a meeting at a private home between NGO workers and families evicted by a local plantation, claiming the NGO needed permission from the provincial government to interview the evictees.
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Buddhist Institute is Safe, Minister Tells National Assembly
Despite being hemmed in By construction on all sites as Naga World expands its casino empire in Phnom Penh, the Buddhist Institute will not be sold off or rented out, Cults and Religion Minister Min Khin told a National Committee yesterday.
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Factory Security Guard Assault garment worker
A garment worker at a Chinese owned factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district was assaulted by company security guards on Wednesday while protecting outside the building, the victim and police said yesterday.
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Buddhist institute rewind
Seeking to allay fears that the government is allowing casino operator NagaCorp to overrun the Buddhist Institute, Minister of Cults and Religion Min Khin yesterday claimed that any structures that have been built by the casino operator on institute lad would be removed.
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Interior Minister promised to push through Trade Union Law
Interior Minister Sar Kheng met witH factory owners and investors in the garment sector yesterday, offering his assurance that the government would pass a controversial Trade Union Law as a mean to maintain order in the country’s largest industry, which employs some 600,000 workers.
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Minister called over institute land
Minister of Cults and Religion Min Khin has been summoned for questioning in the National Assembly over speculation that the government plans to sell the Buddhist Institute to the owner of NagaWorld casino, an opposition lawmaker said yesterday.
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Kampuchea Krom protests end amid threats
As five days of anti-Vietnamese protests came to a Close yesterday, one of the leaders of the rallies, which saw multiple Vietnamese flags burned in front of the Vietnamese Embassy, said that he had received multiple death threats
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CNRP Councilor has bail request rejected
A CNRP councilor arrested and imprisoned over his alleged role in a July opposition protest that turned violent was yesterday denied bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, his lawyer said.
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Eliminate corruption, raise wage: Sar Kheng
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng pledged to rid the garment industry of corruption yesterday as a way of cushioning factories against an upcoming minimum wage increase.
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Adult sector sees new rules
The ministry of labor launched a ministerial regulation yesterday aimed at improving working conditions for those employed at “entertainment establishments” such as nightclubs, karaoke parlours and beer garden.
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Protests result in little
Five-day protest aimed at demanding an apology from Vietnam for comments made by former embassy spokesman wrapped up yesterday, but while the rallies brought petition, flag-burning and even an alleged death threat, it seemed to bring demonstrators no closer to their goal.
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Government Unveils new rule to protest sex worker
New government regulations for the entertainment industry announced yesterday aim to offer sex workers and other vulnerable employees increased protection under the Labor Law, but experts warned that implementation would be a long and difficult task.
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Strike losing stream after clash
Off a bumpy, dusty road about a mile from Kampong Cham’s main square, few of the 30 or so people milling about the muddy patch of land in front of Juhui Footwear yesterday were involved in the violent clash with management on Monday.
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Election Groups Call for Access to Reform Talk
More than two months after the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP agreed to discuss sweeping reform to the election system, civil society groups working on electoral reform in the country called yesterday for more transparency in the talks between the parties as they hammer out the details of their July 22 deal.
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Company allegedly tells locals to wear identity cards
More than 200 villagers in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district set a fire to an economic land concessionaire’s property yesterday after the company said they would have to wear official identification to enter and farm on what they said is their own land.
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Garment Factory Rep Says Delaying Wage Vote Won’t Help
A representative for Cambodia’s garment factories yesterday said the government’s last-minute decision to delay a vote on a new minimum wage for the Sector was unlikely to bridge the gap between factories and unions and could actually hurt the industry by further shaking buyers’ confidence in the country.
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Unions to march over wage delay
Six garment unions will hold a march beginning in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Sunday to demand a higher industrial minimum wage, after the Ministry of Labor delayed a meeting about an increase, according to a letter obtained by the Post yesterday.
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‘Ruling Elite’ Accused of Crime Against Humanity
A U.K-based lawyer filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday accusing leaders of Cambodia’s government of crime against humanity for the systematic eviction of more than 700,000 people from their homes over the past 14 years.
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